{"id":772,"date":"2012-07-03T17:53:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T23:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/?p=772"},"modified":"2012-07-03T17:53:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T23:53:10","slug":"gs-554-elaborating-on-native-american-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2012\/07\/03\/gs-554-elaborating-on-native-american-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"GS 554 &#8212; Elaborating on Native American Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our class discussion drew on our reading of Sherman Alexie&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=TixlWN3iXFIC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=the+absolutely+true+diary+of+a+part-time+indian&amp;hl=en&amp;src=bmrr&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=UCvzT-HfOIqA2wWdv_XOCw&amp;ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=the%20absolutely%20true%20diary%20of%20a%20part-time%20indian&amp;f=false\">The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian<\/a><\/em>, Thomas King&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=WKBlQgAACAAJ&amp;dq=truth+and+bright+water&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=xSvzT_fxJ6Kc2QXdwe3OCw&amp;ved=0CEEQ6AEwAQ\">Truth &amp; Bright Water<\/a><\/em>, and the 1998 film <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120321\/\">Smoke Signals<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Borders as human constructions.<\/li>\n<li>Belonging as something that necessitates that there are those who <em>don&#8217;t <\/em>belong.<\/li>\n<li>Varying definitions of success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How can humor be a vehicle for truth?<\/li>\n<li>When can humor be dangerous?<\/li>\n<li>What possibilities exist in the threshold spaces between borders?<\/li>\n<li>What role can place play in relation to the understanding of the self?<\/li>\n<li>What is the relationship between grief and growth?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Suggestions for Additional Reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke&#8221; by Ralph Ellison<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=K8DvcOqeHcgC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=tribal+secrets+by+warrior&amp;hl=en&amp;src=bmrr&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=DhvzT_mhFqGr8AHshbzwDw&amp;ved=0CDgQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=tribal%20secrets%20by%20warrior&amp;f=false\">Tribal Secrets<\/a><\/em> by Robert Allen Warrior<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=9mU4r0baPrYC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=the+way+to+rainy+mountain&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=ayTzT7rSL8LW2gXYwqzOCw&amp;ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=the%20way%20to%20rainy%20mountain&amp;f=false\">The Way to Rainy Mountain<\/a><\/em> by N Scott Momaday<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=SY6WPwAACAAJ&amp;dq=the+white+roots+of+peace&amp;hl=en&amp;src=bmrr&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=oyfzT-uLEIqW2QWwiNDOCw&amp;ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA\">The White Roots of Peace: The Iroquois Book of Life<\/a><\/em> by Paul Wallace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our class discussion drew on our reading of Sherman Alexie&#8217;s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Thomas King&#8217;s Truth &amp; Bright Water, and the 1998 film Smoke Signals. Themes: Borders as human constructions. Belonging as something that necessitates that there are those who don&#8217;t belong. Varying definitions of success. Questions: How can humor &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2012\/07\/03\/gs-554-elaborating-on-native-american-perspectives\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GS 554 &#8212; Elaborating on Native American Perspectives&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-block-a","category-gs554","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1RtXj-cs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":782,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}